Vatican & World News 08.12.2022

-   On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Pope Francis appeals for prayers for Ukraine and that Our Lady may intercede for humanity to be converted to God’s plan for peace

-   An attack in the Democratic Republic Congo is understood to have killed at least 131 civilians

-   The Pope dispatches Cardinal Krajewski to the Italian island of Ischia bereaved by a devastating landslide that killed 12 people and displaced hundreds